I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman."You look36  Come and sit here,she  said. 37   are you going?"

"I don' t know. I just want to catch a 38          and see what it will be like at the

end."

"I' m afraid you' 11 see     39   there. Why don't you enjoy the sights on the way?"

“How can I do that while my heart’s  40  ?” I asked sadly. “My best friend had left me.”

The woman seemed to understand my feeling. "Don' t cry, little girl. Ive had a similar experience to you.Thirty- five     41    ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was deadly sad.I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took     42    to the sea.    43they seemed to know what would happen, so they    44   loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me 45     . How could I    46  my hope to live for one of life' s problems? Alter that,I worked hard to raise the children.Now They all live 47      and one of lthem has his own family.

Then the woman gave me a     48  ,” We should never wait for the door to 49       before us.We should find the key to the 50  or try to find another way.”

The bus came and I got on it with a smile.

1.A. tired              B. excited        C. happy

2.A. What       B. How          C. Where

3.A. train       B. bus           C. boat

4.A. nothing     B. everything     C. something

5.A. smiling     B. breaking       C. dancing

6.A. days        B. weeks         C. years

7.A. her         B. them          C. him 

8.A. So          B. Or            C. However

9.A. laughed     B. cried          C. spoke

10.A. in           B. out           C. up

11.A. give away    B. give up        C. get up

12.A. happily      B. sadly          C. badly

13.A. cry          B. shout         C. smile

14.A. open        B. close          C. lock

15.A. classroom   B. office          C. door

 

阅读下面短文，在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。（每空格限填一词）
              Asking the way in different places
    I travel a lot, and I find out different"styles"of giving directions(方向）every time I ask "How can I get to the post office?"
In Japan, people use landmarks(地面标志性建筑物）in their directions_1   most streets don't have names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers,"Go straight ahead and turn left at the hotel. The post office is across from the bus stop."
In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are no towns or buildings in many places.Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and _2.In Kansas,for example,people will say,"Go north two miles(英里）. Turn east,and then go another mile."
People in Los Angeles,California, have 3  idea of distance. They measure(测量）distance in time, not miles."How far away is the post office?" you ask."Oh,"they answer,"it's about five minutes from here."
It's true that a person doesn't know the answer sometimes.What _4  in such a situation? A New Yorker might say,"Sorry I don't know." But in Yucatan,Mexico,no one answers"I don't know" People in Yucatan believe that "I don't know" is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a _5 one. A tourist can get very,very lost in Yucatan!

Mr. Henry lived in a small village with high mountains all around it．All day he worked on his farm and never went to the city．Sometimes he went to the town which is not far away to buy something，but he always walked there and never took a bus or a train．His wife died after his only daughter was born．When the girl，Ann，grew up，she left her father and went to college．Four years later Ann passed all her examinations and found work in a hospital in the capital．As she was busy，she had no time to go back to see her father．But she missed her father very much．Do she wrote to his father and asked him to come to the capital．

When Mr. Henry heard from his daughter，he was quite happy and was soon ready to set off．The next day，as soon as he got to the station，he rang Ann up and told her the train he would take．At eight in the morning the train arrived at the Capital Station．Mr. Henry had spent about sixteen hours on the train．As soon as he got off，he saw his daughter standing there to meet him．Ann ran up to him and found that her father looked pale．

"What's the matter with you，Dad?" Ann asked in surprise．"Do you feel unwell?"

"Nothing，" answered Mr. Henry．"I'm just not used to sitting backwards （背朝前） in the train．""Oh，dear，" laughed the girl．"Why didn't you exchange seats with the man opposite to you? " "How can I do that'?" answered Mr. Henry．"No man sat opposite to me!"

1．Mr. Henry was_________

A．a worker           B．a driver             C．a farmer

2．Ann's mother died_________

A．before she was born       B．after she was born C．when she grew up

3．Mr. Henry always went to the town on foot because_________

A．the town was near to his village

B．he had no money to take a bus

C．he was afraid to take a bus

4．Ann didn't go back home because_________

A．she didn't want to

B．sire was too busy to go home

C．she didn't miss her father

5．Mr. Henry didn't exchange seats because_________

A．there was no man opposite to him

B．he had fallen asleep on the train

C．he hadn't known he had been able to do so

A crow (乌鸦）wants to drink, but he can't find water. He looks here and there. At last （最后），he cries （大叫）, "I can see a jar （罐子）and there is some water in it." He tries （试图） to get the water, but he can't. "How can I get the water?" he cries, "I can put my break （鸟嘴）quite close （靠近）to it." But still （仍然）he can not drink. "What can I do? I want to drink."

He looks here and there, then he picks up a small stone (石头)　in his break and carries it to the jar of water and drops it into the jar. "Soon the water will be high in the jar, and I can drink," says the crow. So he begins (开始) to do that until （直到）the water is high enough to drink.

（ ）41. What is the crow looking for?    

A. A jar      B. Water      C. Food      D. Meat

（ ）42.Why doesn't he drink right now（马上）？

A. He isn't very thirsty.           B. No water in the jar.

C. He doesn't want to drink it.     D. The water isn't high.

（ ）43. What's the English meaning （意思）for "drop"?

A. put… into…    B. take…to…    C. carry…to…     D. put…on…

（ ）44.Why does he pick up the stone?             

A. He is hungry.                     B. He wants to put them into the jar.

C. He wants to make his break strong.    D. He is playing a game

（ ）45.Which title （题目）do you think is the best (最好)?

A.A Clever(聪明的) Crow      B.A thirsty Crow

C. A Crow and A Jar of Water   D. A Crow and Stones

"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever things weren't going my way. "Don't worry. One day your luck will change."

Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education, I had decided to try for a job in radio. One day, I wanted to host a sports programme. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.

    In one station, a kind lady said my problem was that I hadn't got enough experience. "Get some work with a small station and work your way up," she said.

I went back home. I couldn't get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn't get the job.

    I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Mom said to me. Dad lent me the car to help me to look for my job. I tried another radio station in Lowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone.

    As I left his office, I asked, "How can someone be a sports announcer(播音员) if he can't get a job in a radio station?"

    I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call. "What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?" He put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, I succeeded.

    On my way home, Mom's words come back to me, "One day your luck will change, Son. And when it happens, it'll feel doubly good because of all the hard work you've had." At that moment I knew just what she meant.

16. What's the writer's ideal job?

   A. A sportsman.                  B. A shop assistant.

C. A sports announcer.             D. A businessman.

17. Why didn’t the writer get the job in Chicago?

A. Because he was too young.

B. Because he didn't get college education.

C. Because he's got a good-looking person.

D. Because he hadn't got enough experience.

18. The sentence "But I got turned down every time. "means"        ".

A. But I was refused every time

B. But I was successful every time

C. But I lost my way every time

D. But the door of every station was always closed

19. What made the writer succeed in the end?

   A. His mother’s words.              B. A kind lady’s help.

C. His father’s car.                   D. His own hard work.

20. What's the best title of this passage?

A. Mother's Words.                  B. Everything Happens for the Best.

C. No One Is Always Lucky.          D. To Find a Job in Radio Is Difficult.